National budget 1.29.10

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Jan 29, 2010 at 12:01 AMJan 29, 2010 at 12:37 PM

GateHouse News Service National Budget
For 1/29/10 editions

Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.

SUPER BOWL XLIV CONTENT: Check out our package of stories, columns and more
on Super Bowl XLIV. If you have content that will work on a national level,
submit it through Zope or e-mail national@gatehousemedia.com. We’ll continue to update the package as we get content.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/special_reports/x349737964/Super-Bowl-XLIV-content

NASCAR PREVIEW SECTION: Find our NASCAR 2010 Preview Section on GateHouse News Service, along with a flier and promo ad. Our first NASCAR page will be posted Feb. 1 to preview the Daytona qualifying and the Bud Shootout.
http://ghnewsroom.com/article/nascar-preview-2010-gatehouse-news-service

Niche 2010 schedule: Check out the Niche products planned for next year.
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/article/gatehouse-2010-niche-schedule

Lifestyles

MORNING MINUTES: Includes Word of the Day, Web Site of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/morning_minutes

LOOKING UP: Mars makes a ho-hum pass - Mars is on a rendezvous with the Earth. On Jan. 27, they were closest as the two planets came into conjunction in their orbital paths about the sun. By Peter Becker.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x562887516/Looking-Up-Mars-makes-a-ho-hum-pass

PET PROBLEMS: Toothbrushes, plastic army men and batteries - these pets ate them all - Dogs and cats survive eating all kinds of weird things - but you can save them distress by keeping common household items away from them. By Julie Kaiser.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x562888977/Toothbrushes-plastic-army-men-and-batteries-these-pets-ate-them-all
- Localize it: Ask readers in your area to tell you pet stories like these.

KETTLEBELLS: Lift your fitness level with kettlebells -- You don’t ring a kettlebell. And you don’t use it to boil water for a soothing cup of tea. No, the roundish cast-iron weights with the sleek handles, which range in heft from 9 to 88 pounds, anchor a fitness regimen that practitioners pledge will increase strength, endurance, flexibility and balance - all at the same time. By Frank Mulligan.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x690801489/Lift-your-fitness-level-with-kettlebells

SUPER BOWL PARTIES: Guide to Sounding Smart at Super Bowl Parties - Here’s a crash course on what’s happening today. We’ll tell you who the key players are and how the teams arrived at the Super Bowl so you at least have some idea about the on-field action. We’ll also tell you why everyone will hush up during the commercial breaks, and share at least one conspiracy theory about this year’s halftime entertainment. By Brien Murphy.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x402457812/Guide-to-Sounding-Smart-at-Super-Bowl-Parties
- For Feb. 7 release. ... Illinois papers, note localization piece at bottom of file.

FOOTBALL FOOD: A Super Bowl dip with less fat -- This variation of Kickin' Buffalo Chicken Dip is a lighter take on a Super Bowl favorite. It's delicious with vegetables, such as carrots and celery, or baked tortilla or pita chips.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x562884549/A-Super-Bowl-dip-with-less-fat

WHEELCHAIRS: Customized wheelchairs adapt to changing needs - Modern-day wheelchairs can come with so many options, it's difficult not to compare them to cars. Highly specialized ones can cost as much as $30,000. By Pam Adams.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x1920346820/Customized-wheelchairs-adapt-to-changing-needs

SHOESTRING LIVING: Services with frugal families in mind - Watch a few minutes of television or page through a magazine and it seems the whole world is geared toward the wealthy. Whether it’s $150 T-shirts in magazine spreads or that silly commercial around the holidays that implies there are more than a few of us waking up on Christmas morning with a new, red-ribbon-donning car parked in the driveway, I’m often left wondering, who are the people they’re speaking to? By Molly Logan Anderson.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1090818913/Shoestring-Living-Services-with-frugal-families-in-mind

ELIZABETH DAVIES: What's your road nemesis? I drove up to the traffic light and braced myself for it to turn red. How did I know it would turn? Because I have been going through that light at least twice a day for several years, and I never once have been able to drive right through it.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x402459162/Elizabeth-Davies-Whats-your-road-nemesis

DONNA WHITEHEAD: Looking beyond winter -- The warm yellow tulips rise defiantly from a clear vase set on a green tablecloth on my dining room table. It’s a talisman giving me hope that spring is on the way.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x402459111/Donna-Whitehead-Looking-beyond-winter

RABBI RANDI KAFKA: Serve somebody -- Do you remember that Bob Dylan song from his gospel phase in the late ’70s? “Well it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve somebody.” Whatever judgments we may have about Dylan’s personal spiritual journey, this is a message worth considering.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x562889154/Rabbi-Randy-Kafka-Serve-somebody

ASK DOG LADY: Adjusting to love beyond the dog -- Dog Lady offers advice on working out a new romantic dynamic, and a collie that pants too much.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1920345366/Ask-Dog-Lady-Adjusting-to-love-beyond-the-dog

ALICIA GOSSMAN-STEEVES: Trust God with your worries -- Most of us are comfortable with spiritual formulas, especially those that reduce complex questions and concepts of morality, personality, and spirituality to simple black and white explanations. But for me, there are not many areas of life that are that simple, that are black and white. There are many shades of gray, and I believe God manifests himself in those uncertain areas. Nonetheless, I also believe there are certain foundations, or guidelines, which are necessary.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/southwest/colorado/x1090826908/Alicia-Gossman-Steeves-Trust-God-with-your-worries

Entertainment

SUDOKU JANUARY: Puzzles for January (554-581) are available for download. Previous puzzles are linked to in this file, or visit our Puzzles category.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/puzzles/x1792921242/Sudoku-puzzles-554-581-January-puzzles

SUDOKU FEBRUARY: Puzzles for February (582-609) are available for download. Previous puzzles are linked to in this file, or visit our Puzzles category.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/puzzles/x1090814405/Sudoku-puzzles-582-609-February-puzzles

AT THE MOVIES WITH GATEHOUSE
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x231963460/At-the-movies-with-GateHouse

SNEAK PREVIEW: 'Edge of Darkness' and other new movies -- Mel Gibson returns to the screen for the first time since his drunken tirade in 2006. The question is: will his fans still support him? By Al Alexander.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1920344742/Sneak-preview-Edge-of-Darkness-and-other-new-movies

FLICKS: Flicks: Gibson embodies the dude movie -- There’s little not to like about Mel Gibson, aside from the alcoholism (he had treatment!) and the anti-Semitism (um, a product of the media?) and so it’s nice to see him back on the big screen. By John Meo.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x231960622/Flicks-Gibson-embodies-the-dude-movie

OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Predicting the nominees: Oscar announcement set for Tuesday -- The Oscars will be bigger than ever this year, as the field for best picture expands from five to 10 nominees. That means fan favorites like “Avatar,” “Star Trek” and “The Hangover” just might make the cut, whereas in past years they would not. By Al Alexander.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1920346856/Predicting-the-nominees-Oscar-announcement-set-for-Tuesday

HASTY PUDDING: Harvard honors actress Anne Hathaway -- Midday snow showers Thursday did not stop crowds of people from flocking to Harvard Square looking to get a glimpse of this year’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year – Anne Hathaway. By Jillian Fennimore.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x562889180/Harvard-honors-actress-Anne-Hathaway

GRAMMY AWARDS: Picking the winners - Movies dominate the winter entertainment awards season, but don’t forget the soundtrack of our lives. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, honoring the best the recording industry offered in 2009, will be given Sunday night. Three of The State Journal-Register's biggest music buffs — A&E editor Brian Mackey, staff writer Rhys Saunders and features editor Brien Murphy — listened to the nominees in some of the bigger categories and share how they would cast their ballots.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x1658505605/Grammy-Awards-Picking-the-winners

MOVIE MAN: 'House of the Devil' delivers authentic '80s chills and thrills -- “House of the Devil” is a near-perfect re-creation of a low-budget 1980s horror movie, one of those films that lurked on the bottom shelf of the video store, below their better-known “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” brethren
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/dvds_cds/x562887856/Movie-Man-House-of-the-Devil-delivers-authentic-80s-chills-and-thrills

WOOD ON WORDS: ‘Non’ is opposite maker — except when it’s not - “Not” is a small word, but its effects are large. It can even be the difference between life and death, depending on what a judge or jury decides.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x562889207/Wood-on-Words-Non-is-opposite-maker-except-when-it-s-not

LLOYD GARVER: Privacy? Forget about it -- Most of us have learned to be very careful when we're online. We don't give out our Social Security number or any private information that we don't want others knowing. As a result, we're safe from strangers knowing all kinds of things about us that we want to keep private, right? Wrong.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1920345087/Lloyd-Garver-Privacy-Forget-about-it

KENT BUSH: Father of the Year award is in the bag - About a week ago, my 6-year old lost his first tooth. He didn't really lose it. I pulled it after I grew tired of watching it wiggle around in his mouth. Its next-gum neighbor began wobbling around few hours after the first deposit was made by the Tooth Fairy. So the next afternoon, I tried unsuccessfully to pull the second tooth, until... .
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x402459324/Kent-Bush-Father-of-the-Year-award-is-in-the-bag

MATTHEW CASEY: The Corporate States of America? -- While the recent election
of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate sent shockwaves
across the nation, a Supreme Court decision released just two days later
will ultimately have a far greater impact on the American political system.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1920347249/Matthew-Casey-The-Corporate-States-of-America

News

THIS WEEK IN WEIRD: Marijuana causes evacuation of jail, an accused criminal gets crafty in his disguise and more in this week's edition.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x690801550/This-Week-in-Weird-Jan-29

IPAD – 5 THINGS TO KNOW: A Q&A from the news service. NOTE: This a great little alternative story format that can run as a standalone element or with other coverage (locally, you can match it up with a “readers talk” feature, or if you have AP, you can use it with other stories, too.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1090828269/5-things-to-know-about-the-iPad

HAITI COVERAGE: The effects of the earthquake in Haiti are being felt all over the world. Here’s a link to a collection of stories, columns and more from GateHouse newspapers with connections to the tragedy. If you have content that will work on a national level, submit it through Zope or e-mail national@gatehousemedia.com.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/special_reports/x1409375779/Haiti-earthquake-content

TOYOTA CONTENT: Our package of sidebars, localization tips, photos and more related to the Toyota recall and suspension.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x402456732/Toyota-recall-suspension-content

BROWN ON LENO: Scott Brown holds his own on Leno -- Jay Leno and Scott Brown evidently have a lot in common. "We are both from Massachusetts and both known for our good looks. It's amazing!" Leno said last night as he introduced Brown for the "10 at 10" segment on his show. By Heather McCarron.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x231964466/Scott-Brown-holds-his-own-on-Leno

BIZ BITS: Weekly business rail, with tips on shopping for a new TV or camera, BBB warning about Haiti charity scams and more.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1301082982/Biz-Bits-TV-or-camera-shopping-What-you-should-know

FINE PRINT: Make sure roof is snowstorm-ready after warm weather - With warmer temperatures expected to interrupt the typical chilly January weather, this is as good a time as any to make sure your building's roof is ready for the next big snowstorm. By The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x867962447/Fine-Print-Make-sure-roof-is-snowstorm-ready-after-warm-weather

MAKING CENTS: Choosing a beneficiary is crucial - Selecting a beneficiary for many people is a once-in-a-lifetime decision - and that's exactly where the trouble starts. By John P. Napolitano.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x190612673/Making-Cents-Choosing-a-beneficiary-is-crucial

CHECKOUT LANE: Don’t let broken computer break your spirit - Sometimes people think that a repair can cost more than to actually replace the computer but often it is actually something simple to fix that is wrong with it. By Lana Lagomarsini.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x231954105/Checkout-Lane-Don-t-let-broken-computer-break-your-spirit
- Localize it: Talk to a computer expert in your town to get quotes, info.

SHOESTRING LIVING: Services with frugal families in mind - Watch a few minutes of television or page through a magazine and it seems the whole world is geared toward the wealthy. Whether it’s $150 T-shirts in magazine spreads or that silly commercial around the holidays that implies there are more than a few of us waking up on Christmas morning with a new, red-ribbon-donning car parked in the driveway, I’m often left wondering, who are the people they’re speaking to? By Molly Logan Anderson.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1090818913/Shoestring-Living-Services-with-frugal-families-in-mind

Sports

NASCAR PREVIEW SECTION: Will Jimmie Johnson win an unprecedented fifth consecutive championship? Will Danica Patrick be more than a marketing blip for NASCAR? Find these are more stories in our NASCAR Preview 2010.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1689212017/NASCAR-2010-Preview-magazine-Can-Jimmie-take-5

NOTE: NASCAR PAGE: The weekly page will return Feb. 1 with a preview of the Bud Shootout and Daytona qualifying.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/homepage/x1792908441/NASCAR-page-Take-it-from-the-top

SUPER BOWL PREVIEW PAGE: This is the final PFW page of the year, and it advances the big game.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/sports/x1658505198/Pro-football-weekly-012610

COACHING ASSISTANT: New Orleans coaching assistant preps for Super Bowl -- It’s music to Mike Cerullo’s ears. All over national TV news channels were images of Saints fans going crazy (of course, crazy is a relative term in the home of Mardi Gras). Their football team had just beaten the Minnesota Vikings in overtime to advance to the Super Bowl as National Football Conference Champions.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/southwest/louisiana/x1090828743/Who-dat-Saint-New-Orleans-coaching-assistant-preps-for-Super-Bowl